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he has been at president obama's side. he has designed the white footprints strategy focusing on drones and special forces -- forces. he was involved in the bin laden raid. the big question in my mind is, will he be happy being back at the cia where he spent 25 years. he has been running the operation of all of the american intelligence services in recent years. >> a lot of people do not know who he is. thank theorem much -- thanks very much. among the challenges facing the next defense secretary is getting american combat troops home from afghanistan by 2014. american officials will discuss the trickier details. some reports the actual drawdown is already underway. >> they are cleaning up and clearing out. u.s. marines and their armored vehicles are leaving afghanistan behind and heading back to the states. 30,000 foreign troops left the country last year. this compound holds only a tiny fraction of what is to be returned. it is all going to be sent back home. >> we are not going to leave anything behind. we have a long h
he has been at president obama's side. he has designed the white footprints strategy focusing on drones and special forces -- forces. he was involved in the bin laden raid. the big question in my mind is, will he be happy being back at the cia where he spent 25 years. he has been running the operation of all of the american intelligence services in recent years. >> a lot of people do not know who he is. thank theorem much -- thanks very much. among the challenges facing the next defense...
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counterterrorism policies as his chief counterterrorism adviser and we all know that the white house counterterrorism policy is going a little something like this shoot first ask questions later and answer to no one catchy phrase for which we should thank john brennan in fact he coaches obama every terror today on who to assassinate around the world he sees the number one advisor overseeing the drone king's kill list john brennan's nickname is the assassination czar for god's sake and this is the guy who is ushering this country to the next phase of the war on terror so because it will be stuck with this guy at least until he's mired in a sex scandal and self we should probably mention some of his most notable achievements he vocally advocated giving immunity to telecom corporations who participated in bush's illegal wiretapping program he led the signature strikes in yemen which involved targeted assassinations of people without even knowing who they were in fact in several instances brennan himself was the decider of who. q sions you know blowing people up without all that messy pa
counterterrorism policies as his chief counterterrorism adviser and we all know that the white house counterterrorism policy is going a little something like this shoot first ask questions later and answer to no one catchy phrase for which we should thank john brennan in fact he coaches obama every terror today on who to assassinate around the world he sees the number one advisor overseeing the drone king's kill list john brennan's nickname is the assassination czar for god's sake and this is...
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at the white house to accept his nomination for defense secretary and cia director respectively. neither choice is a shock and neither is likely to have an easy go at the senate confirmation process because you know that's coming up. joining me now with the sin sights on this and the expert e expertise, gloria borger and chief national correspondent john king. in the interest of the new year's resolution to be positive, let's start with the pros, gloria borger. let's go over the list with chuck hagel as the starting point. he's a war hero. and he has two purple hearts from vietnam serving alongside of his brother. each of them saving each other's life which is a story unto itself. and he went on to represent a native nebraska in the u.s. senate and now he co-chairs the president's intelligence advisory board. that sounds like a pretty good cv, they say. what's not to like? >> well, if you're in the white house, you say that's the reason his confirmation should be smooth sailing. but, you know, he was a two-term senator and when you're a two-term senator you have a record and you
at the white house to accept his nomination for defense secretary and cia director respectively. neither choice is a shock and neither is likely to have an easy go at the senate confirmation process because you know that's coming up. joining me now with the sin sights on this and the expert e expertise, gloria borger and chief national correspondent john king. in the interest of the new year's resolution to be positive, let's start with the pros, gloria borger. let's go over the list with chuck...
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president obama going with john kerry but you are seeing the white house going for a full throttled fight to get and to win chuck hagel and not going to be easy. >> mark murray, thank you so much. happy new year. see you tomorrow. >> thanks. >>> another group that's voiced opposition to chuck hagel's nomination is gay rights activists. at issue, comments hagel made in 1998 about james hor mel, president bill clinton's nomi e nominee. he was called openly aggressively gay and called it an inhibiting factor. hagel apologized for the remarks last month. the group outserve reacted saying we appreciate his apology and the commitment he expressed to the lgbt service members and their families. it will be incumbent upon him to lay out actions he will take to support that commitment. joining me now alison robertson, director of that organization, outserve. thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks, tamron. great to be here. >> absolutely. i want to play what former congressman barney frank had to say early on. he was on saying if another group had a comments made about them, chuck hagel would b
president obama going with john kerry but you are seeing the white house going for a full throttled fight to get and to win chuck hagel and not going to be easy. >> mark murray, thank you so much. happy new year. see you tomorrow. >> thanks. >>> another group that's voiced opposition to chuck hagel's nomination is gay rights activists. at issue, comments hagel made in 1998 about james hor mel, president bill clinton's nomi e nominee. he was called openly aggressively gay...
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president assad being greeted by his supporters at the opera house in damascus. they have been chanting, "with our soul and blood, we will defend you, assad." [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> president obama is expected to make a few personnel announcements for is national security team. former republican senator from nebraska, chuck kaye goal -- chuck hagel, select it to replace outgoing leon panetta. and it john brennan is expected to renominated as the head of teh cia. he withdrew a his name for consideration years ago over his support of certain interrogation techniques. we will have that announcement why about 1:00 and we will likely hear more during today's white house briefing with a spokesperson jakarta. -- jay carney. >> i think cybersecurity remains a top priority. massar congress failed to reach a decision in 2012. they remain very far apart in these social security standpoint. >> there will be an incentive option to create more of a spectrum so that the sec house this r
president assad being greeted by his supporters at the opera house in damascus. they have been chanting, "with our soul and blood, we will defend you, assad." [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> president obama is expected to make a few personnel announcements for is national security team. former republican senator from nebraska, chuck kaye goal -- chuck hagel, select it to replace outgoing leon...
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and nbc news chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd. chuck, first to you. the calculus behind naming chuck hagel despite all the warnings that he got from republicans and the senate. lindsay graham and john cornyn. we'll hear from him shortly. why go ahead with this pick? >> well, by the way, it's also despite some warnings from some. >> exactly. >> democratic senators. not -- there's not a whole big constituency of supporters for chuck hagel among that crowd either. although he has some key prominent support from someone like jack reid that aren't respected rhode island senator. look, the thinking was this, andrea.
and nbc news chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd. chuck, first to you. the calculus behind naming chuck hagel despite all the warnings that he got from republicans and the senate. lindsay graham and john cornyn. we'll hear from him shortly. why go ahead with this pick? >> well, by the way, it's also despite some warnings from some. >> exactly. >> democratic senators. not -- there's not a whole big constituency of supporters for chuck hagel among...
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he has developed a very good relationship with obama and the white house over the past few years. in a sense, they are choosing the safe road because i think they understand they are in for a bit of a battle with hagel. connell: they may have nominated brennan in the fast. the technique came up and they did not want to go through it. apparently, now they are okay going through it. >> i think in a sense it is a passage of time. i think they probably would have gotten the nod before. you have this bizarre story that is been brought up as a result of the release of that film. it is a bit of a name issue. connell: what did you think of the movie? >> it is good entertainment. hollywood does what hollywood does. they make some choices. they have strong leads. it is good entertainment. that part of it is that the senators seem to be mistaking entertainment for reality. what this film is depicting as it does not match our perception. connell: it does show people in your business do a lot of hard work. quick thought on hagel. >> this is the one that will cause some trouble. it is strange.
he has developed a very good relationship with obama and the white house over the past few years. in a sense, they are choosing the safe road because i think they understand they are in for a bit of a battle with hagel. connell: they may have nominated brennan in the fast. the technique came up and they did not want to go through it. apparently, now they are okay going through it. >> i think in a sense it is a passage of time. i think they probably would have gotten the nod before. you...
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jay carney addressed a number of issues in the white house briefing today including president obama's announcement that he was nominating chuck hagel to be secretary of defense. >> i am not sure that there are many of you who did. we will now take questions. >> does the president feel like hagel needs to address his past comments on israel and iran before he can be confirmed or are those comments irrelevant to this process? >> well, today the president announced his nominees for secretary of defense and the director of the central intelligence agency and made broad comments about why the men he nominated are the right people for the jobs. there will be a process in each case where the senate reviews the nominees. the president asks the senate to move quickly because these positions are very important for the national security. i know senator hagel and john brennan look forwarded to that process and to fair hearings in both cases. it is a routine part of the exercise that nominees are asked about views on various issues. on the matters you just raised senator hagel has been a stanch su
jay carney addressed a number of issues in the white house briefing today including president obama's announcement that he was nominating chuck hagel to be secretary of defense. >> i am not sure that there are many of you who did. we will now take questions. >> does the president feel like hagel needs to address his past comments on israel and iran before he can be confirmed or are those comments irrelevant to this process? >> well, today the president announced his nominees...
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, this is something that those close to president obama feel good about, that they feel ultimately he will be able to clear the senate and this was something obviously that was out there for some time. and that this was a decision that the president came to perhaps not too difficultly. but i think something that struck me and we just heard what president obama said there, was that when he referenced that chuck hagel knows america stands strongest when it stands with allies, that seemed to be answering that criticism that some have had about his position on iran, some critics particularly republicans saying that he's been soft on iran, that he hasn't been a friend of israel, the white house has been emphasizing that while hagel has been skeptical as they put it of unilateral sanctions against iran, they have been stressing his votes, supporting sanctions against iran and the context of a coalition including the u.s. sort of opposing iran with the sanctions. and that is obviously something he'll emphasize in his confirmation process. the other thing, wolf, i think this factored into the
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in upholding the obama at the ministration's right to secrecy, u.s. district judge colleen mcmahon expressed misgivings about the drone program itself writing -- the alice-in-wonderland nature some of the first details have emerged on the white house's effort to tackle gun control in the aftermath of last month's shooting massacre in newtown, connecticut. the washington buzz reports the task force overseen by vice- president joe biden is mulling proposals include some reinstatement of the expired ban on assault weapons and high- capacity magazines, universal background checks for all gun buyers, a database to track the trajectory arms nationwide, more detailed mental health checks, and harsher penalties for carrying a gun near a school or giving one to minors. the administration is reportedly hoping to counter nra opposition by convincing gun retailers such as walmart that the new measures would help their profits. news of the proposals comes after yet another shooting in aurora, colorado, site of the nation's second worse than rampage last year after
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, and rich edson at the white house with more on this story. rich? >> well, one of the next of many fights in the u.s. senate, this one for senator chuck hagel, the president's pick to lead the pentagon, ashley, and looking at the case the white house makes is one that he's a decorated combat veteran, bun who is a bipartisan pick as a former republican senator from the state of nebraska, shows, the white house says, dependence in the pick, and advocate for war veterans, and the white house wants to make the point that he would be a solid steward of taxpayer money. >> as a successful businessman, he knows as we make tough fiscal choices, we have to do so widely guided by strategy and keep the military the strongest fighting force the world has ever known. >> giving republicans pause, once described the budget as bloated, something he wants to address the the pentagon, and, also, comments made regarding the u.s.' support in israel, notably, one statement, e said he's not the senator of israel, with a number of republicans charges he's weak on isr
, and rich edson at the white house with more on this story. rich? >> well, one of the next of many fights in the u.s. senate, this one for senator chuck hagel, the president's pick to lead the pentagon, ashley, and looking at the case the white house makes is one that he's a decorated combat veteran, bun who is a bipartisan pick as a former republican senator from the state of nebraska, shows, the white house says, dependence in the pick, and advocate for war veterans, and the white...
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it's spiked by nearly $6 trillion by president obama's tenure in the white house. that is more debt than any president has seen through bill clinton. the past years the nation's department has been growing at an average of 121 bill kwropb dollarkwropb per month and still counting. >> hillary clinton is back at work after an illness that left her sidelined. she is meeting with people in washington. she was hospitalized september 30th after doctors discovered a blood clot after a concussion she sustained in a fall. she was treated with blood thinners to dissolve that clot. back to work at the state department. >> u.s. officials dismissing bashar al-assad's statement as meaning lease to cling to power. what did president bashar al-assad say for the first time in several weeks. >> essentially the president said the same old thing we've been hearing for a longtime. i'm going to stay in power, we are at war and it's time for syrians to fight for their country. he proposed a peace plan which everyone else laughed at because they said it involved bashar al-assad staying in
it's spiked by nearly $6 trillion by president obama's tenure in the white house. that is more debt than any president has seen through bill clinton. the past years the nation's department has been growing at an average of 121 bill kwropb dollarkwropb per month and still counting. >> hillary clinton is back at work after an illness that left her sidelined. she is meeting with people in washington. she was hospitalized september 30th after doctors discovered a blood clot after a concussion...
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. >>> president obama has signed a $9.7 billion superstorm sandy aid package. most will be used to pay flood insurance claims. a second bill will be voted on on january 15th. house speaker john boehner received harsh criticism from chris christie and peter king, both republicans, when he refused to bring the bill up for house vote. >>> hockey fans may have something to cheer about. the league and players association came to a tentative agreement yesterday on a ten-year deal that would end the lockout. >> for the ten fans remaining. >> for all ten of you fans left, there could be hockey soon. it could be approved by team players and owners. and you ten fans could watch hockey as early as next week. >>> football. mike shanahan might have explaining to do after star quarterback robert griffin iii appeared to badly reinjure his knee. it happened in the fourth quarter as rg3 tried to recover a fumbled snap. it hurt to just watch it. wasn't even touched. check this out right now. he wasn't even touched. he couldn't move to pick up the fumble. he had hobbled throughou
. >>> president obama has signed a $9.7 billion superstorm sandy aid package. most will be used to pay flood insurance claims. a second bill will be voted on on january 15th. house speaker john boehner received harsh criticism from chris christie and peter king, both republicans, when he refused to bring the bill up for house vote. >>> hockey fans may have something to cheer about. the league and players association came to a tentative agreement yesterday on a ten-year deal...
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let's going to to the white house first. brianna, set the scene for us, and walk us through what we're about to see. >> reporter: we're here in the east room, wolf. we're expecting president obama will come out and say, obviously, a few words about former senator chuck hagel. we're also expecting in attendance the acting director of the cia and that we will be seeing john brennan here. obviously, as you know, wolf, some of the major issues that we expect critics already talking about having, for instance, with chuck hagel, that that perhaps may not be something that the president addresses very overtly. this will be something that the white house continues to push back on as they have. for instance, his remarks before when he referred to the leading pro-israel lobby as the jewish lobby. that is something that hagel has apologized for. i will tell you here at the white house, not just on the issue of calling apac the jewish lobby but also on criticism that he has been not tough on iran, that these are things that the white ho
let's going to to the white house first. brianna, set the scene for us, and walk us through what we're about to see. >> reporter: we're here in the east room, wolf. we're expecting president obama will come out and say, obviously, a few words about former senator chuck hagel. we're also expecting in attendance the acting director of the cia and that we will be seeing john brennan here. obviously, as you know, wolf, some of the major issues that we expect critics already talking about...
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we're going to take you live now to the white house briefing room. jay carney is going to be taking up that topic most likely. the nominees were secretary of defense chuck hagel and for director of the cia, john bren unanimous -- john brennan. >> thank you for being here. it is wonderful seeing you for the first time in the new year. i hope everyone had some time off and time with family. i'm not sure there were many of you who had too little of both but it is what it is. i will take your questions. >> i notice that in the nomination ceremony the president was speaking and never mentioned vale. does the president feel like hagel needs to address his past comments on veal and iran -- >> today the president announced his nominees for the secretary of defense and made broad comments about why the two men he nominated are the right people for the jobs. there will be a process in each case where the senate reviews the nominees and the president asked the senate to move quickly because these positions are very important for our national security. and i kno
we're going to take you live now to the white house briefing room. jay carney is going to be taking up that topic most likely. the nominees were secretary of defense chuck hagel and for director of the cia, john bren unanimous -- john brennan. >> thank you for being here. it is wonderful seeing you for the first time in the new year. i hope everyone had some time off and time with family. i'm not sure there were many of you who had too little of both but it is what it is. i will take your...
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he's got an office in the west wing and the ear of president obama. moving to langley would be a big change. >> going to the cia, you are further away from the west wing of the white house and immediate access to the president. >> reporter: in a way, brennan would be coming home. he joined the cia after reading a want ad in the newspaper, learned arabic, and become a station chief in saudi arabia. >> al qaeda is on the ropes. >> reporter: brennan was a candidate for cia director four years ago, but he pulled out of contention when critics slammed his involvement in bush-era interrogations. the job went to leon panetta and later david petraeus. but the former general had a culture clash with some career cia analysts. following outsiders, panetta and petraeus, may be easier for brennan. >> they'll think here's a guy who understands us and will have our backs and defend us. >> reporter: brennan was intimately involved in the run-up to the assault on osama bin laden. >> at one point, the analysts came back in, and they said, well, whoever is living in thi
he's got an office in the west wing and the ear of president obama. moving to langley would be a big change. >> going to the cia, you are further away from the west wing of the white house and immediate access to the president. >> reporter: in a way, brennan would be coming home. he joined the cia after reading a want ad in the newspaper, learned arabic, and become a station chief in saudi arabia. >> al qaeda is on the ropes. >> reporter: brennan was a candidate for cia...
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. >> on day one, lawmakers and the house introduced the nearly dozen bills related to gun violence. they come in the wake of the connecticut school shooting in promise from president obama to take concrete action to prevent a repeat tragedy. >> but big political obstacles remain. athena jones at the details from washington. >> members of congress in both chambers are taking aim at guns. >> this is a fight that the american people will have to stand up for. >> california democratic senator dianne feinstein plans to introduce a bill to ban more than 100 assault weapons. >> another senate bill will then high-capacity magazines. among a dozen gun bills introduced on day one in the house background checks for all firearm sales should be recorded. >> to build some republican congressmen would allow more guns around schools. >> the only thing that stops a bad guy with the gun is a good guy with a gun. >> there are better than 32 gun murders every day. gun- control groups keep pressing for action. >> if you are talking about maybe banning high capacity ammunition magazines that might be pos
. >> on day one, lawmakers and the house introduced the nearly dozen bills related to gun violence. they come in the wake of the connecticut school shooting in promise from president obama to take concrete action to prevent a repeat tragedy. >> but big political obstacles remain. athena jones at the details from washington. >> members of congress in both chambers are taking aim at guns. >> this is a fight that the american people will have to stand up for. >>...
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jon: republicans passed budget on the house side the last two fiscal years. one of them cut $6 trillion in spending from the president's proposed budget. the senate did vote on president obama's budget on may 25th of 2011 and it got no votes. they voted it down 97-0. but there is no budget still forthcoming in the senate itself. >> and house voted, house was also i think unanimous against it. look, it is, it is so clear that the republicans have tried with paul ryan as the budget chairman to put forth real budgets they think will, you know, address the deficit decades ahead and so on and democrats for equally clear reasons just decided look, we don't want to either enact either tax increases or entitlement cuts. so we'll do the easy thing which is not, not even talk about it. that is much simpler and politically safer way to go. >> this is why i think it is a very complex issue to cover. the democrats side, whether it is the unions and various factions on republican side, you may have wall street and all that. so you have to look at who the stakeholders in ge
jon: republicans passed budget on the house side the last two fiscal years. one of them cut $6 trillion in spending from the president's proposed budget. the senate did vote on president obama's budget on may 25th of 2011 and it got no votes. they voted it down 97-0. but there is no budget still forthcoming in the senate itself. >> and house voted, house was also i think unanimous against it. look, it is, it is so clear that the republicans have tried with paul ryan as the budget chairman...
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he is the main counterterrorism adviser to president obama. he talks to the president every day about counter terrorism issues and brennan served in the cia. part of the agency for a number of years, so the white house says he has vast experience in intelligence work. that nomination, again, will come today. >> and we're waiting to hear about that. secretary of state hillary clinton returning to work this morning. first day back on the job, since being sidelined by an illness, concussion, blood clot. she'll bet in meeting first thing this morning and play a big role in welcoming afghan president hamid karzai to washington on friday as well. >>> top stories trending on the web. in india, a barbaric gang rape has caused nationwide outrage, worldwide outrage, five men accused of assaulting a woman and her companion on a bus. a sixth suspect is 17. the companion told a french news agency that the woman was raped and beat nguyen a metal bar. he survived with a broken leg. >>> rescuers are searching for italian fashion designer missoni. his twin eng
he is the main counterterrorism adviser to president obama. he talks to the president every day about counter terrorism issues and brennan served in the cia. part of the agency for a number of years, so the white house says he has vast experience in intelligence work. that nomination, again, will come today. >> and we're waiting to hear about that. secretary of state hillary clinton returning to work this morning. first day back on the job, since being sidelined by an illness, concussion,...
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criticisms obama himself has faced. hagel seemed to try to deflect that criticism in speaking of traditional diplomatic friends. >> i'm also grateful for an opportunity to help continue to strengthen our country and strengthen our country's alliances. >> reporter: in hagel, obama gets an independent-minded vietnam veteran and a one-time army sergeant who strongly believes war is a last resort. a view obama shares. >> chuck knows that war is not an obstration. >> reporter: global threats could move him to recommend military force, particularly in iran's nuclear program continues. >> if it's clear sanctions are not enough, there's going to be a discussion any secretary of defense, including hagel, has got to decide whether that means limited strikes against facilities. >> reporter: but in choosing john brennan, one of his closest national security advisers, to become the next cia director, the president is showing he will not back down from the cia's aggressive use of lethal force. both in partnering with the military as
criticisms obama himself has faced. hagel seemed to try to deflect that criticism in speaking of traditional diplomatic friends. >> i'm also grateful for an opportunity to help continue to strengthen our country and strengthen our country's alliances. >> reporter: in hagel, obama gets an independent-minded vietnam veteran and a one-time army sergeant who strongly believes war is a last resort. a view obama shares. >> chuck knows that war is not an obstration. >>...
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. >> a senior white house officials as president obama will nominate john britton to be the next director of the cia. the announcement is expected this morning at 10:00 our time. >> down brennan is the white house's point man for targeting terrorists. >> going to the cia you are further away from the white house and access to the president. >> at the way britain would be coming home. he joined the cia after route reading a want ad in the newspaper. he learned arabic. he was a candidate for cia director four years ago but he pulled out of contention when critics slammed his involvement ambushed their interrogations. the former general had a culture clash with a career cia analyst. following outsiders may be easier for britain. >> they think here's a guy who understands as and will have our backs and defend us. >> brennan was intimately involved in the assault on osama bin lawton.aden. >> brennan had been on leave and allow an account for 15 years and remembered that they had a dog when they were living in sioux down. >> brennan suggested been latin cowardly use a human shield. he did not.
. >> a senior white house officials as president obama will nominate john britton to be the next director of the cia. the announcement is expected this morning at 10:00 our time. >> down brennan is the white house's point man for targeting terrorists. >> going to the cia you are further away from the white house and access to the president. >> at the way britain would be coming home. he joined the cia after route reading a want ad in the newspaper. he learned arabic. he...
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president obama says he will not negotiate with the congress over the debt limit. those were remarks that were echoed by house minority leader nancy pelosi yesterday. also european banking shares are among the leaders overseas this morning. this is coming as a move by regulators to extend a deadline for implementing tougher liquidity requirements takes place. also there are some reports out of china that say the country's sovereign wealth fund is thinking about buying a stake in german automaker daimler. that is according to the people's daily online. the fund is considering a 4% to 10% stake in the maker of mercedes-be mercedes-benz. and daimler shares are among the top gainers in germany this morning. >> the s&p 500 index added 6.6 -- it was 4.6% last week to finish at a five-year high ahead of the beginning of earnings season and alcoa will be out with earnings tomorrow afternoon. thompson reuters look for fourth quarter earnings. barry knapp, head of u.s. equity portfolio strat ji at barclays. what was it again? >> charles. >> good name, barry charles. and rich
president obama says he will not negotiate with the congress over the debt limit. those were remarks that were echoed by house minority leader nancy pelosi yesterday. also european banking shares are among the leaders overseas this morning. this is coming as a move by regulators to extend a deadline for implementing tougher liquidity requirements takes place. also there are some reports out of china that say the country's sovereign wealth fund is thinking about buying a stake in german...
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at 7:15, why members of hagel's own party say they are against his nomination. >>> at the same white house event this morning, president obama will nominate john brennan as the new cia director. he's currently the counterterrorism and homeland security adviser. he's also a 25-year cia veteran. president obama considered nominating brennan for the job four years but brennan withdrew his name after being criticized during the bush administration. >>> 49ers fans are ready. in a couple of hours tickets go on sale for saturday's big playoff games against the green bay packers. but knows tickets will not be easy to get. ryan flores is live in san francisco. any idea how many tickets are up for grabs, ryan? >> reporter: very few, dave. very few. that's the latest we're hearing from the team. if you are a 49ers' fan you are probably hoping this week goes by fast because you are looking forward to the game and it was messed to be an -- it's expected to be an amazing game and aaron rodgers is coming back. colin kaepernick. tickets, yes, they will be hard to come by. the team announced that a very li
at 7:15, why members of hagel's own party say they are against his nomination. >>> at the same white house event this morning, president obama will nominate john brennan as the new cia director. he's currently the counterterrorism and homeland security adviser. he's also a 25-year cia veteran. president obama considered nominating brennan for the job four years but brennan withdrew his name after being criticized during the bush administration. >>> 49ers fans are ready. in a...
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i think obama is shattering that in saying there is a real policy debate on iran. hagel is going to prompt a real policy debate. he's opposed sanctions in the past, opposed military action. i think obama is at least, whether he wants to or not, sending a signal that he's much less eager to have military action against iran than at least a lot of republicans in the senate. >> fascinating. >> that's going to show up in a web video. >> is it really? >> you did good. >> i appreciate that. >> you didn't say all those words -- >> trained not to? >> only buzzfeed could buzzfeed it out, though. >> i don't even know what that means, chuck. >> i don't quite either, but do you it. >> chuck todd, final prediction, i alabama/notre dame. >> i'm sticking with what i stuck with a month ago, double digits, 'bama. >> roll tide. >> ben, thank you. >> thank you, ben. >>> the young innovators and entrepreneurs who are all ready to become the stars of tomorrow. we're going to go through "forbes'" 30 under 30 list straight ahead. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] staples is the num
i think obama is shattering that in saying there is a real policy debate on iran. hagel is going to prompt a real policy debate. he's opposed sanctions in the past, opposed military action. i think obama is at least, whether he wants to or not, sending a signal that he's much less eager to have military action against iran than at least a lot of republicans in the senate. >> fascinating. >> that's going to show up in a web video. >> is it really? >> you did good....
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. >> did you distrust the people at the white house? did you distrust key members of the obama administration when it came to their policy in dealing with afghanistan? >> i think what's most important is we spent a lot of timesharing information to try to build trust. trust kochl comes with time, wi cooperation and with compromise. i think that's what we worked through. >> with all due respect, you didn't answer my question. did you distrust key members of the administration in with respect to their handling of the war in afghanistan? >> yeah. i still believe that the most important thing we can do is build that trust. over time that's -- >> you're being a good soldier he here. i want to take you back to the "rolling stone" magazine that led to your resignation from your post. there were several demeaning comments attributed to your staff members and even to you. was that article accurate? was that the way you and your staff members felt about those people? >> it's interesting. in my book i outline that in about a page and a half in a 4
. >> did you distrust the people at the white house? did you distrust key members of the obama administration when it came to their policy in dealing with afghanistan? >> i think what's most important is we spent a lot of timesharing information to try to build trust. trust kochl comes with time, wi cooperation and with compromise. i think that's what we worked through. >> with all due respect, you didn't answer my question. did you distrust key members of the administration...